Chapter 21: Jingling 2

Teng Qi took advantage of the defeat of the Chu army and pulled out the thoughts of Sui and Tang counties, so he recruited the county soldiers and sent them to Anlu. Because of the blockage of the Dahongshan mountain range running north-south, the army had to go south through Jingling before heading east to Anlu, and then cross the Beiwei Mountain from Anlu to enter the Chu realm. Unexpectedly, when the county guards arrived at Jingling, the main force of the Chu army on the South Road also arrived at Jingling.

The sound of drums at the head of the city was not only endless, but even more intense, and the Chu army wearing bright armor was urgently landing on the shore several miles away, and the Qin soldiers on the western city wall had never seen so many enemy troops, and fear made them beat the drums desperately. And in the east, a thousand cavalry of the Chu army swept past the army of county soldiers who were arrayed, and dragged them with swords, bloody all the way.

The formation was very chaotic, and there were many gaps between the military formations, and the cavalry broke into the formation and slaughtered among the soldiers, which immediately aggravated this confusion. After passing through the chaotic Qin army's formation, the cavalry went straight into the county stroke army, wanting to kill the leading general, but fortunately, the five thousand short soldiers of the main general Yang Xiong had already lined up to protect each other, and the Chu cavalry could only turn and sweep through.

"Where did Jing Qi come from? Where did Jing Qi come from?! On Yang Xiong's side, Fan Kuan, who served as the guard, shouted in fear. He always thought that Nanjun was a safe place, and there were only some salt and iron smugglers, but he didn't expect to meet Jing people outside Jingling City.

"Report - General!" The cavalry of the Chu army swept past the Chinese army formation, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but even more shocking things followed. Suddenly, there were many military flags in the west of Jingling City, and the infantry of the Chu army appeared, and the number was not less than 10,000. "Jing people come to ......"

The military officer who reported had lost his mind, and the last sentence was weak.

"Jing people want to pull me out." Yang Xiong is Yang Duanhe's nephew, and he suddenly thought of the purpose of Chu Jun's sudden appearance here. Of course, there are terrible things: the Chu army is now attacking Jingling, with the strategic location of Jingling, its purpose is by no means as simple as a city of Jingling, this is not a surprise attack, this is a full-scale attack.

"Someone! Immediately reported to the National Governor's Mansion, Jing people attacked Jingling, and wanted to seize Nanjun. "The Mengshi and Yang clans are the generals of the Qin State, although Yang Xiong did not beat Liu Bang later, but the most basic strategic intentions are judged to be that he still has them. He quickly asked Lingqi to report to Xianyang, but Lingqi didn't run far before he was cut off the horse by Chu Qi with a sword.

However, this is no longer what Yang Xiong knows, the Chu army is still several miles away, and he wants to order his army to enter the city quickly. As long as the county guards occupy the fortified city of Jingling, where the Chu army is delayed to move north along the Han River, and when the reinforcements arrive, the southern county will be foolproof.

"Open the door! Open the door! Quickly open the door. I am Fan Kuan, the county Cheng, if I don't open the door again, the military law will deal with ......it" There were fluctuations under the east gate again, Fan Kuan on the chariot shouted, but the soldiers in the city were indifferent.

There was an uproar outside the city, and there was a death-like silence in the county governor's mansion, and the county lieutenant A and Shao Nei both glared at Lu Xi angrily, but because of the few armor soldiers behind him, neither of them dared to draw their swords and step forward.

"This government has said that if the county government punishes the crime, the fault of one person in this government has nothing to do with you and others." Lu Xi's vest was already soaked with sweat, but his face was silent.

"Shangguan is actually between Jing people!" The county lieutenant found that he couldn't order the county guard, and finally knew what Lu Xi wanted to do.

"You are a Qin person, and you are a Qin minister, you eat the king's money and are not loyal to the king, this, this country thief!" Shao Nei is subordinate to Shaofu, and is different from the rest of the Cao. It's a pity that he doesn't have any soldiers in his hands, so he shouldn't have led troops to cut down Lu Xi early.

Lu Xi laughed when he heard this. He once thought he was a Qin person, and he thought he was a Chu person, but in the end he realized that he was originally a Rong person. The clothes have changed, the accents have changed, but the blood has never changed. Since he is a Rong person, there is no need for him to be loyal to the King of Qin, and of course there is no need to be loyal to the King of Chu.

"There are two armies outside the city, how does this government know that which one is the Qin army and which one is the Jing army? And now it's too late to open the door, do you want to use Jingling City as a battlefield and let the two armies fight? Lu Xi smiled and asked, he then looked at the officials of Cao, and said loudly: "If you are willing to open the door, this mansion will open the city gate." ”

Lu Xi shouted, and all the officials in the hall bowed their heads when they heard this. The home is in the city, and if the city gates are really opened, the tomb will become scorched earth, and no one will get any benefit. Even if the Chu army didn't rush in, but only the county soldiers entered the city, everyone would not be happy. Xianyang's rescue is timely, but if the rescue is not timely, the city will be eaten by the child, and the remains will be dissected and planed (cuàn), it is better to be a piece of scorched earth and die clean.

"If the county guards win a big victory, with Qin Law, you will all be guilty of death!" Seeing that the officials bowed their heads, the county lieutenant warned them.

"If Jing people win, Jing people will kill every official, and you will also be a capital crime." Shaofu immediately added.

"Big fallacy!" Cao shouted. "If the Jing people win, as long as we surrender the city, there will be no reward, and there will be no worries about our lives."

"National thief!" The county lieutenant stabbed with a sword, and the official Cao was stabbed by him with a sword because he was unprepared.

"Kill!" Cao Cao is a spy who knows the other side, and there are many soldiers who have been bought in the ya. Seeing that he was stabbed, the halberds in the hands of these armor soldiers stabbed at the county lieutenant, and the hall was instantly chaotic. The officials were worried about hurting themselves, so they ran out of the county government one after another and fled for their lives.

The county government was chaotic, and the county officials were even more ownerless, but at this time, the outside of the city gradually became orderly. The 50,000 Qin troops could not enter the city, and only set up a position in the northeast of Jingling City, and the attack of the Chu cavalry also made them unable to enter the city.

There are more than a dozen divisions and brigades in the Chu army on the south road, but the south road is not the road of Jingling, and the other road needs to go up the river to capture Yiling (now southeast of Yichang).

It turned out that the Chu army here did not exceed 11 divisions according to the establishment, and these 11 divisions were divided into two groups before and after because of the different boats, the rich Yingshi and Hubei divisions all used pawn wing war boats, and many of the Dongting County Division, Xiling Division, Peng Li and other divisions that had no money used the big wing war boats that were discounted after retirement. The three pulps and the five pulps are divided into two groups because of the difference in speed and staying power.

To the east of Jingling City, the four Yingdu divisions also gradually opened their positions, and although it was still raining in the sky, the archers of each division still removed the bowstrings from their necks that were dried with body temperature and prepared to shoot. Although the three Hubei divisions in the back landed, they could not line up - Yang Xiong chose the position very cleverly, and deliberately let the Chu army line up between Jingling City and Hanshui, because the space was narrow, and no matter how many troops there were, they couldn't put it away.

"General, it's King Jing!" In the drizzle, a huge phoenix flag appeared behind the Chu army array. It is said that the king flag should be the qi flag, painted with a dragon, one rising and one falling, but King Jing likes to use the phoenix flag. The phoenix gradually became the royal banner of King Jing, and the Qin army and the Chu army fought for a long time, and the three-headed phoenix on the flag was still fresh in my memory.

"Jing ...... King Jing! "At the head of the city, the county guards of the six gods and no owners were also startled by the sudden appearance of the phoenix flag.

"Good! Great goodness! "Yang Xiong entered a state of complete excitement, this is the first time he has led a leader, whether King Jing is King Jing or not, he has to win this battle that meets on a narrow road." Drumming! Command the whole army, and whoever kills King Jing can be crowned a marquis! ”

'Knock knock, knock knock...... 'In the drizzle, the Qin army began to advance to the sound of drums. I didn't expect to meet Xiong Jing, the main force of the Qin army, who was as stunned as the generals, and everyone had a hidden worry in their hearts: Did the old Ying plan leak the secret? Otherwise, how could tens of thousands of Qin troops appear here?

"Tell the king, all the cannons are ready." Artillery Captain Wu Kong saw the flags of the guns in front of the formation, and immediately told Xiong Jing.

"Not necessarily!" Xiong Jing did not intend to use artillery. "Order them to quickly retreat to the rear of the army formation four hundred meters."

"The King?!" Wu Kong was surprised. Last time in Huangshui, it was just a battalion of sixteen fifteen-pound guns, and the Qin army was defeated, and now he has a regiment of fifty-four fifteen-pound guns under his command, and this battle can be completely solved by artillery.

"Gunpowder is expensive." Xiong Jing laughed wittily, and then immediately became serious, "Execute!" ”

It is a fact that gunpowder is expensive, but it is also helpless. The yield of the island's nitrate fields is not high, and it is not possible to sweep toilets and scrape the ground in every city, so the secret of nitrate cannot be maintained for a long time, and only relying on the raw materials transported from the mainland, the nitrate fields are not only very low in yield, but also very costly. Sulfur is also not cheap, but fortunately it is used in small amounts.

Wu Kong reluctantly ordered the artillery to retreat from the gap in the military formation to a position of 400 paces behind, and at this time, the soldiers also shuttled through the military formation, conveying Xiong Jing's military order. At this time, the Qin army had advanced to within eighty paces, and with the order of the commander, more than a thousand archers began to release arrows.

Since the two armies have exchanged troops, once they are within range of the enemy's bow and crossbow, they can only move forward and cannot retreat. Before the first wave of arrows of the Chu army landed, the commanders and five hundred lords in the Qin army's array shouted loudly and ordered the Qin army to rush towards the Chu army dozens of steps away. The bow is not a crossbow, and the bow fires much faster than the crossbow, and many soldiers will be killed by enemy arrows if they do not rush forward.

The Qin army ran forward with a spear in hand, letting out a piercing scream, and the archers of the Chu army tried their best to release their arrows, but they didn't care about aiming at all. The front row of armor soldiers on both sides of them looked a little strange, although they glared angrily at the Qin pawns who were rushing over, they were not the slightest bit excited, and some of the old soldiers even took out the kettle and took a sip of water.

"Retreat!" The Qin army was already ten paces away, and the archers abandoned their bows and raised their spears, but the commander ordered his soldiers to retreat.

"Retreat ——!" Not one pawn retreated, but all 64 pawns of four divisions retreated. The whole army ordered to forbid, and as soon as the commander said to retreat, he immediately stepped back. At this time, the Qin pawns who were rushing wildly slammed into the spears stretched out in front of them, and the armor on their bodies also stabbed the Qin pawns 'dangdang'.

"Retreat ——!" While fighting against the Qin pawn in front of him, the pawn commander continued to order the pawn to retreat. When the two armies exchanged troops, they were accustomed to wrestling with weapons, and as soon as the Chu soldiers retreated, the Qin soldiers advanced with the trend, and then retreated, and they advanced again. Although the weapons in the hands of both sides touched, neither of them touched the other's body. The Chu army began to retreat in great strides, and the Qin army couldn't help but follow closely.

"Jing people defeated?" On the rear car, Yang Xiong only saw the Qin army pushing the enemy away, and he was puzzled and excited in his heart.

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